the Great in 1744, purports to occupy the precise spot whence that monarch
directed the operations of the besiegers. — On 6th May, 1757, Marshal
Schwerin, Frederick the Great's favourite general, fell at the battle of
Prague. Two monuments mark the spot where he was mortally wounded,
near the village of Sterbohol, 4 ½ M. to the E. of Prague and 1 ½ M. from
the station of Hostivař (p. 265). Steamer to Štêchovic, 4. hrs. there, 2 ½ back.
Königsaal, on the left bank of the Moldau, an old and rich Cistercian
monastery, erected by King Wenzel II. in 1283-1305 and destroyed by the
Hussites in 1420, now the castle of Prince Öttingen, has a fine park. To
the S. of Štêchovic are the St. John Rapids.
37. From Dresden to Prague.
121 M. Railway in 4-6 ½ hrs. (fares 15 M 10, 10 M 60, 5 M 90; express 20 M
90, 14 M 30, 8 M). — Finest views on the left. — Steamboat in summer
five times daily, to Pirna, in 2 ¼ hrs., to Schandau in 4 ½ hrs., to Aussig
in 10 hrs. (descent from Aussig to Dresden in 5-7 hrs.). — The traveller
who desires to see the picturesque banks of the Elbe may perform part
of this route by steamer. The finest scenery terminates at Aussig.
Dresden, see Baedeker's Northern Germany. — The station is on
the S. side of the town. Soon after starting the Grosse Garten is seen
on the left. Beyond the stations of Sedlitz and Miigeln the line ap-
proaches the Elbe and follows the serpentine course of the river
through the picturesque 'Saxon Switzerland' (described in Baedeker's
Northern Germany). The château of Sonnenberg at (11 M.) Pirna
is now a lunatic asylum. Pötzscha is the station for the little town
of Wehlen on the opposite bank. At stat. Rathen rises the Bastei,
a precipitous rock on the opposite bank of the Elbe, 640 ft. above
the river, the finest point in the Saxon Switzerland, commanding a
beautiful view. At (22 M.) Königstein is the fortress of that name,
810 ft. above the river, commanding a noble prospect. Opposite the
fortress rises the Lilienstein, 167 ft. higher. — 24 M. Schandau, a
favourite summer-resort, lies on the opposite bank. Herrnskretschen
is the first Bohemian place on the right bank. — 32 M. Niedergrund
is the first Bohemian village on the left bank. The line follows the
left bank. Several viaducts and embankments. Then two short
tunnels under the projecting Schäferwand.
38 ½ M. Bodenbach (430 ft.; Rail. Restaurant; Hôt. Frieser;
Umlauft; Post), a thriving town with 12, 000 inhab., is the Saxon and
Austrian custom-house station. Opposite lies the pleasant town of
Tetschen (p. 256), connected with the left bank by a railway-bridge
and a suspension-bridge. The village of Obergrund (Bad-Hôtel;
Starck's Hôtel), on the left bank, below the bridge, is a favourite
summer-resort.
From Bodenbach to Komotau, 56 M., railway in 3 hrs. The line
traverses the narrow and picturesque valley of the Eulauer Bach; on the
right rises the Schneeberg (p. 232) with its belvedere. Stations: Büna-
burg, Eulau, and (12 1/.2 M.) Tyssa-Königswald (3 M. to the N. of which is
the village of Tyssa, with its huge and curiously-riven cliffs of sandstone,
called the Tyssaer Wände). On the hill to the right of (15 M.) Klein-
Kahn lies Nollendorf. 18 ½ M. Tellnitz; 21 M. Kulm, where a battle took
place on 30th Aug., 1813. 22 ½ M. Hohenstein, with the Geiersburg on
the right; 23 ½ M. Mariaschein; 25 M. Rosental-Graupen (p. 237), where